| Dr. Seuss on the Loose!
Mrs. Thonus
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! In honor of his March 2 birthday we will celebrate "Read Across America" on Tuesday, March 2. Students will read and listen to Dr. Seuss' books. We even get to wear our pajamas to school. It will be a special treat! Children in room 25 will write crazy and imaginative rhyming poems in the style of Dr. Suess and then create crazy creatures inspired by their couplets. Using glitter, feathers, google eyes, and lots of other "treasures" they will have loads of fun allowing their creativity to "run wild"! Samples of these poems and creatures are posted on this Website on the Dr. Seuss Poems page. I know you will find them very amusing. Dr. Seuss taught many of us how to read. Still more of us learned valuable life lessons from his lovable characters in stories like The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who, and The Sneetches. Thank you, Dr. Seuss! Please visit the Dr. Seuss page on this site for links to games and activies about Dr. Seuss and his wonderful and crazy characters.  Divide and Conquer
Mrs. Thonus
Sharing has been a part of your child's life since “toddlerhood”. Last month we explored division and the students learned that division can mean sharing or repeated subtraction. They also investigated the relationship between multiplication and division. Students who are comfortable with the multiplication facts will find division easy!
Division success is dependent upon your child’s memorization of the multiplication facts. Please visit the Multiplication, WOW! link on this Website. You will find wonderful resources on the Internet.
You can customize and print out math fact practice sheets or try online flashcards at:
mathfactcafe.com
aplusmath.com
schoolexpress.com
Thank you for your continued support at home! Your child's maximum success is nearly impossible without it.  Geometry Words, Words, and More Words!
Mrs. Thonus Math words everywhere! This month we are beginning our unit on geometry. Nearly one fourth of all math vocabulary for third grade is presented in this one chapter! The key to your child's success is understanding and remembering these words and the concepts connected with them. In class we will play games, go on scavenger hunts, make models, and act out the meanings of the vocabulary. The students will also be working in small groups to create songs, poems, skits, posters, etc. to illustrate the meanings of the words. The groups will present their creations to help each other remember them. Please visit the Geometry page on this site to explore many concepts and fun activities! It would be helpful if you would review the vast number of vocabulary words at home. Below is a partial list, and you can find the meanings at the Animated Math Glossary. It is very well done and a wonderful resource for other math vocabulary words, too! Good luck. solid figure, sphere, cube, rectangular prism, pyramid, cone, cylinder, face, edge, corner, vertex, vertices, point, line, ray, line segment, intersecting lines, parallel lines, right angle, acute angle, obtuse angle, perpendicular, polygon, side, triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, equilateral triangle, isosceles triangle, scalene triangle, right triangle, acute triangle, obtuse triangle, rectangle, square, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid, flip (reflection), slide (translate), turn (rotate), congruent, symmetry, line of symmetry, perimeter, square unit, area, cubic unit, volume WOW! Is this enough for you? Can you imagine how your child feels? Mastery is expected for some of these words and some words are just being introduced and explored. Thank you for your support at home!
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